Parade Damages

March 2, 1986

AFTER ALL the hard work and planning by the downtown parks crew to revamp and improve downtown Kissimmee, it was very disheartening to observe all the abuse done by people who were there Feb. 22 to watch the Silver Spurs Rodeo Parade.

They set up their balloon stands in the middle of the islands, stomped, pulled up and mangled plants on all the corner islands, as well as the middle islands, and left trash and debris that was probably blown all over by the wind.

If one is to appreciate what is being done to revive downtown, then there is a need to protect the plants and shrubs during a parade by establishing some kind of crowd control -- or we can forget the beautification work that is being done.